Vimose inscriptions

The Vimose inscriptions (), found on the island of Funen, Denmark, include some of the oldest datable Elder Futhark runic inscriptions in early Proto-Norse or late Proto-Germanic from the 2nd to 3rd century in the Scandinavian Iron Age and were written in the time of the Roman Empire.

• Vimose Comb (, considered the oldest known datable runic inscription altogether): harja (ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ)
• Vimose Buckle () aadagasu =? ansuz-a(n)dag-a(n)su / laasauwija =? la-a[n]sau-wija;
• Vimose Chape (): mariha || [.]ala / makija; possibly "Mari (the famous one) is the sword of Alla"
• Vimose Woodplane () talijo gisai oj: wiliz [..]la o[...] / tkbis: hleuno: an[.]: regu
• Vimose Sheathplate (): ; possibly "son/descendant of Awa"
• Vimose Spearhead: [w]agni[ŋ]o

See also

• Illerup, a site of wetland depositions
• Meldorf fibula, an item bearing an early runic inscription
• Thorsberg moor, a site of wetland depositions
• Wetlands and islands in Germanic paganism, religious importance of wetlands and depositions

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